Rubber heel-plate.



' a. H. LBEP.

RUBBER HEEL PLATE. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 22, 1908.

' 908,109. Patented Dec. 29,1908.

GEORGE HERMAN LEEF, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

RUBBER HEEL-PLATE.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application filed June 22, 1908. Serial No. 439,849.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HERMAN LEEF, a citizen of the United States,residing. at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RubberHeel-Plates and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved rubber heel plateespecially adapted for use as an attachment to repair heels that areworn away at one side or at the rear and to this end it consists of thenovel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described anddefined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view, showing theimproved rubber'heel plate applied to the worn side of a heel. Fig. 2 isa fragmentary view in elevation, lookingat the heel and heel plate inthe direction of the arrow marked on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section takenon the line a x of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1, butshowing the heel plate applied to the extreme rear portion of the shoeheel. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in rear elevation of the heel andheel plate shown in Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line onas of Fig. 4.

The numeral 1 indicates the heel of a shoe, which, as shown in Fig. 1,is worn awayat a rear side portion, as shown at 2; and which, in Fig; 4,is shown as worn away at the extreme rear, as indicated at 3.

The rubber heel plate is made up of a body plate 4, which, in crosssection, is slightly wedge-shaped, and on its outer face is formed witha multiplicity of semi-spherical integrally cast rubber bearing lugs orprojections 5, 6, 7 and 8, which in size decrease in the order named. Itwill be seen that the lugs 5 project from the outer face of the plate 4farther than the lugs 6; that the lugs 6 project farther than the lugs7; and that the lugs 7 project farther than the lugs .8. This gives anextremely resilient heel in which the lugs of difierent size will becompressed, in succession, under increasing weight, until all will bearupon the floor or walk. These lu s also prevent slipping of the heel.The ru "ber heel plate is preferably secured on the beveled or wornsurface of the heel by a multiplicity of small brads 9- driven betweenthe various wearing lugs or projections.

' It will, of course, be understood that the heel plate above describedis well adapted for application to heels of unworn shoes, in which casethe heels should be beveled or cut away at the point where the heelplate is to be a plied.

The heel plate described is of small cost, may be very'quickly andeasily applied to any heel and, as already indicated, is especiallyadapted for use in repairing worn shoe heels.

. What I claim is A rubber heel plate that is wedge-shaped in crosssection to fit a beveled portion of the heel. and is provided with amultiplicity of approximately semi-spherical solid wearing lugs ofvarying diameter and projection, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HERMAN LEEF. Witnesses:

MALIE HOEL, HARRY D. KILGORE.

